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George Sigerson

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George Sigerson (1836-1925), who graduated MD (1859) and MCh (1865) from Queen's College, Galway. He won a First-Year Scholarship in the Faculty of Medicine for the 1855-56 Session. He was later Professor of Zoology in UCD, a Fellow of the Royal University of Ireland and a member of the Senate of the NUI. A physician, scientist, poet, author and political journalist, he was a significant figure in Irish literary and cultural life. In 1911 he purchased a trophy, called the Sigerson Cup, for competition in Gaelic Football between the three NUI Colleges. The first winners were UCC, followed by UCG in 1912. Subsequently QUB took part, and later the competition was extended to all Universities and, in the 1990s, to all third-level institutions. It has been long recognised as the top Gaelic Football competition at third level.

George Sigerson

UCG Calendar, 1916-17
J.B. Boyle, Dictionary of Irish Biography
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George_Sigerson

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George Sigerson
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